Insufficient Session Expiration Affecting payload package, versions <3.44.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-PAYLOAD-12239898
  • published29 Aug 2025
  • disclosed29 Aug 2025
  • creditArkadiusz Marta

Introduced: 29 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-4643  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-613  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade payload to version 3.44.0 or higher.

Overview

payload is a Node, React and MongoDB Headless CMS and Application Framework

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration due to the failure to invalidate JSON Web Tokens after user log out. An attacker can maintain unauthorised access by reusing a stolen or intercepted token until its expiration date.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1